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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2843307" data-attributes="member: 22779">So, let me see if I understand you correctly.  The DM is giving the players the following two choices (as an example):1.  Down this path, there is the chance of winning a honking big bag o' swag if you can defeat the challenges.2.  Down this path, there are challenges.It's not railroading, IMO, but, it is pretty close.  Assuming, of course, that both choices are actually valid - ie. choice number 2 isn't certain death or merely redirects back to choice 1 - then the DM hasn't forced the players to make one or the other decision.  He's simply given hints as to which one looks more appealing.Really, that's not even unrealistic.  There are many cases where you have two choices and one is more appealing than the other.  Not that the more appealing choice is the better one, simply that one is more attractive.No, I wouldn't say that this is rail roading.  *Disclaimer - It could be railroading depending on the specifics, but, with the information give, I would say not.*</blockquote>